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Merritt v. Davis

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided February 23, 2011No. 05-09-01231-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice FITZGERALD.

Appellant Lowell Merritt sued appellee Robert Davis under Chapter 12 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code for allegedly filing a fraudulent lien. The trial court granted summary judgment for Davis, and Merritt appealed. We affirm.

I. Background

A. Facts

The summary-judgment evidence shows that the following sequence of events preceded the filing of this lawsuit. In or about 2008, Merritt sued a Collin County deputy sheriff named Mike Vance in Collin County justice court, Judge Terry Douglas presiding. Davis, an attorney, defended Vance in that case.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Kay v. EhrlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Kemp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons of Texas & Jurisdiction v. Jackson, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1987
  4. Frank Gonzalez v. William E. KangasCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  5. Preston Gate, LP v. Bukaty, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2008

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Henning, Kenneth v. OneWest Bank FSB, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2013
  2. Nancy Alanis v. US Bank National Association as Successor Trustee to Bank of America National Association, as Successor by Merger to One LaSalle Bank, N.A. as Trustee for the MLMI Trust Series 2006-HE6Court of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  3. Prabhakar Guniganti, Individually, the Guniganti Children's 1999 Trust, and Triple PG Sand Development, LLC v. C & S Components Company, LTDCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  4. Howard Worthing and Lisa Worthing v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-W5 And Homeward Residential, Inc. F/K/A American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2017
  5. Charlotte Carroll v. I.Q. Data International, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2024

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